Breeding areas
Islands off northern NZ east coast: Stephenson. Aorangi,Mercury Is, Hen & Chickens and Poor Knights Islands - endemic to the Hauraki Gulf
Breeding season
October through March
Dispersal migration
Sea range not known but probably migrates to northern Pacific. No records from ourside NZ waters.
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